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NC LIVE logoAcademic Search Premier via EBSCOhost
The world’s largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for some 4513 publications, including 3,630 peer-reviewed journals. It also features indexing and abstracts for 8025 journals, 6850 of which are peer-reviewed. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles.
 
ACLS Humanities E-Book
ACLS Humanities E-Book is a collaboration of ten learned societies, nearly 80 contributing publishers, and librarians at the University of Michigan’s Scholarly Publishing Office. The result is an online, fully searchable collection of high-quality books in the Humanities, recommended and reviewed by scholars and featuring unlimited multi-user access and free, downloadable MARC records. The Humanities E-Book is available 24/7 on- and off-campus through standard web browsers.
 
NC LIVE logo African-American Poetry via Chadwyck-Healey
Nearly 3,000 poems written by African-American poets in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
 
American Chemical Society Journals
Search and full-text access for over 30 American Chemical Society publications online.
 
NC LIVE logo American Poetry via Chadwyck-Healey
Over 40,000 poems by more than 200 American poets from the Colonial Period to the early twentieth century.
 
NC LIVE logoAmerica's Newspapers via NewsBank
Provides full-text access to the electronic editions of record for hundreds of regional and national newspapers, including the Charlotte Observer, The News and Observer, The Asheville Citizen-Times, The Boston Globe, The Los Angeles Times, and The Washington Post.
 
NC LIVE logo Annals of American History via Britannica
Provides a year-by-year documentary of American thought and action. Read the original words of more than 1,500 authors who made and analyzed American history through speeches, writings, memoirs, poems, and interviews.
* Speeches, essays, biographies, landmark court decisions, editorials, and more.
* Photos and multimedia included
Coverage: 2,100 entries from 1493 to present
 
ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials combines the premier index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion with ATLA's online collection of major religion and theology journals. The ATLA Religion Database includes more than 460,000 article citations from more than 1,500 journals (651 currently indexed), more than 260,000 essay citations from over 15,400 multi-author works, more than 423,000 book review citations, and a growing number of multimedia citations. This database begins in 1949 although indexing for some journal titles extends back into the nineteenth century. Links are provided to over 140,000 electronic articles and book reviews, from more than seventy journals selected by leading religion scholars in the United States. This database is produced by the American Theological Library Association.

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Bills From the NC General Assembly
Links for Bill Look-Up and Full Text Search of bills from 1997 to present; Session Law/Chaptered Bill Search; Tips for Finding Bills; Simple Bill Inquiry; and much more legislation information.
 
Biography Reference Bank via WilsonWeb
Contains the full text of the articles from more than 100 volumes of biographical reference books published by H. W. Wilson, including all the articles from all volumes of Current Biography, the World Author Series, Nobel Prize Winners, World Artists, World Film Directors, American Reformers, and numerous biographical books on musicians and composers throughout history. Also included are thousands of biographies from other respected publishers. In addition to the full text biographies, Biography Reference Bank contains millions of magazine citations (many of which contain full-text) from all of the Wilson Indexing Databases, including all citations from Biography Index Database after 1984, as well as thousands of links to book review citations, including review excerpts and full text reviews from Book Review Digest Plus. The biographies are searchable by name, profession, title, place of origin, gender, race/ethnicity, titles of works, date of birth, date of death, keyword, and presence of images.
 
Books in Print via Bowker
Professional bibliographic database with five million in-print, out-of-print, forthcoming, audio book, and video titles. Many full-text reviews included.
 
NC LIVE logoBritannica Online via Britannica
Over 120,000 articles, an updated world atlas, thousands of images and videos, an online dictionary and thesaurus, over 300,000 articles from respected magazines and journals, news headlines, a guide to the Web's best sites, and much more.
 
Business ServiCenter (NC)
The Business ServiCenter has been established by the North Carolina Department of Commerce in partnership with the Small Business and Technology Development Center (SBTDC), the North Carolina Community College System, and the North Carolina Industrial Extension Service. Industry specialists offer advice about existing programs and resources that are designed to improve the profitability of companies.
 
NC LIVE logo Business Source Premier via EBSCOhost
This is the industry's most used business research database, providing the full text for nearly 8,800 serials. Business Source Premier provides full text back to 1965 (or the first issue published for that journal) and searchable cited references back as far as 1998. Full-text coverage is provided in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Additional full text, non-journal content includes market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses.
 
NC LIVE logo Business Source Premier -- Enhanced Business Searching Interface via EBSCOhost
The Enhanced Business Searching Interface offers researchers a more powerful, streamlined interface with faster searching capability than the standard Business Source Premier interface. It also features a number of enhancements designed specifcally for the business researcher, including a number of new sources of information regarding companies, industries, markets, etc., and easier access to search options.

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NC LIVE logoCAMIO -- Catalog of Art Museum Images Online via RLG
Provides rights-cleared, high-quality art images for class projects, art history and studio art programs, course Web sites, lectures, presentations, and research resources.
 
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
The CDC, an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services, is dedicated to promoting "health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability." Of special interest to the consumer are the resources about diseases, conditions and other special topics arranged under "Health Topics A-Z" and "Travelers' Health," with health immunizations and recommendations for travelers worldwide.
 
Choice Reviews Online
Choice Reviews Online provides Web access to the entire database of CHOICE reviews published since September 1988. The database is updated monthly, generally at mid-month, with reviews that will be printed in the next monthly issue of CHOICE. Each year Choice publishes more than 6,500 concise, critical, expert reviews of new scholarly books and electronic sources in fields across the entire college curriculum.
 
NC LIVE logo CINAHL with Full Text via EBSCOhost
CINAHL with Full Text provides indexing for 2,719 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health. The database contains more than 1,000,000 records dating back to 1982. CINAHL with Full Text also contains searchable cited references for 1,150 journals and provides full text for 331 journals, plus legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, drug records, research instruments and clinical trials. PDF backfiles to 1982 are also included.
 
NC LIVE logo CQ Researcher Online via CQ Press
The CQ Researcher provides original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues shaping our world. Each 12,000-word report is a unique work, investigated and written by a seasoned journalist. Published 44 times a year, CQ Researcher reports offer in-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the U.S. economy.
 
NC LIVE logo CQ Weekly via CQ Press
Complete source for expert coverage of the U.S. Congress: status of bills, votes and amendments, floor and committee activity, and back room maneuvering. Produced by the largest news team on Capitol Hill.
 
Crime in North Carolina (Uniform Crime Report)
Law enforcement agencies report the number of offenses and associated crime data for the following Part 1 crimes: murder and non-negligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft and arson. Part 1 offenses, excluding negligent manslaughter and arson, are used to calculate the Crime Index and Crime Rate. All other offenses are classified as Part 2 offenses, however, only arrest data are reported for Part 2 offenses. The UCR Program collects data on the age, race and sex of persons arrested for all crimes except traffic violations. Statistics are broken down by county and the report is accessible in several sections using Adobe Acrobat

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Economic Development Information System (NC)
Includes profiles of counties and industries in North Carolina. Provides a searchable database of available industrial properties, and comparisons between states for multiple indicators such as population, taxes, infrastructure, and labor force.
 
NC LIVE logo Encyclopedia of Animals via EBSCOhost
Thousands of easy-to-read entries about mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, dinosaurs and prehistoric animals. Each entry begins with a simple category breakdown of the animal including Kingdom, Class, Order, Genus & Species, and geographical Locale as well as a detailed description; many entries include colorful images.
 
NC LIVE logo English Poetry via Chadwyck-Healey
Essentially the complete English poetic canon from 600 to 1900. Over 165,000 poems by more than 1,250 poets drawn from nearly 4,500 printed sources.
 
NC LIVE logo ERIC (Education) via EBSCOhost
Full text of more than 2,200 digests (along with references for additional information), with citations and abstracts from over 1,000 educational and education-related journals.

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NC LIVE logo Faber Poetry Library via Chadwyck-Healey
A collection of some of the most influential poets of the twentieth century. The Faber list includes Ted Hughes, Seamus Heaney, T. S. Eliot and Sylvia Plath covering the seventy year history of this major publishing house.
 
NC LIVE logo Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia via EBSCOhost
Updated annually, this database includes over 25,000 full text records, covering an array of subject areas.

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NC LIVE logo Gale Virtual Reference Library via Gale
Gale Virtual Reference Library provides respected authoritative essays on varied topics from numerous subject areas, all in E-Book reference title format.
 
General OneFile via Gale
General OneFile includes almost 10,000 titles (over 6,000 full-text titles) indexed from 1980 to present, offering broad coverage of both general interest areas as well academic disciplines; it features over 50 million articles drawn from general interest magazines, academic journals, business and technology publications, law journals, health care periodicals, newspapers and newswire services.
 
Government Employee Telephone Directory (NC)
NC State Capital Area Telephone Directory online. A searchable alphabetical listing, plus the departmental directory are included.
 
GreenFILE via EBSCOhost
GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for approximately 295,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,600 records.  
 
NC LIVE logoGreenwood Digital Collection via NC LIVE
The Greenwood Digital Collection is a collection of complete reference, academic, and general interest ebooks, all searchable by keyword, subject, author, title, or any Boolean search method. Subject strengths include:  Business, Education, Literature, Multi-Cultural Studies, and Popular Culture. The collection includes the series Daily Life Through History, Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Authors, Historic Events of the 20th Century, Literature in Context, as well as American Slavery: A Composite Autobiography.  

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NC LIVE logo Health Source: Consumer Edition via EBSCOhost
Provides consumer oriented information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine, and general health. Features access to nearly 300 full text consumer health periodicals; includes searchable full text for more than 1000 health-related pamphlets and 135 health reference books. Also contains more than 4500 Clinical Reference Systems reports (in English and Spanish) and Stedman's Medical Dictionary.
 
NC LIVE logo Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition via EBSCOhost
Provides more than 550 full text journals (446 of them peer-reviewed) focusing on many medical disciplines, and provides abstracts and indexing for over 826 journals. Coverage of nursing and allied health is particularly strong.
 
Healthfinder
A gateway consumer health information web site whose goal is "to improve consumer access to selected health information from government agencies, their many partner organizations, and other reliable sources that serve the public interest." A variety of menu lists on its home page link to online journals, medical dictionaries, minority health, as well as prevention and self-care. The developer/sponsor of this site is the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Department of Health and Human Services with other listed agencies.
 
HealthLink Plus
This site facilitates access to selected consumer health information in an effort to develop and enhance public knowledge. Instead of wading through thousands of health related Internet web sites, HealthLink Plus users will find a few reliable, recent, and authoritative sites selected by PLCMC's professional staff to meet the needs of their patrons. Topics such as health insurance and Medicare as well as Complementary & Alternative Medicine are covered. Local Charlotte and Mecklenburg area resources are suggested under "Additional Resources" in each category
 
HealthWeb
A site established by librarians and information professionals from major academic medical institutions in the Midwest. Consumers can search the site either by entering search terms or by selecting one of the many alphabetically listed medical subjects. The "Consumer Health" section leads to many useful resources.
 
NC LIVE logoHeritageQuest via ProQuest
Provides libraries with a unique, growing collection of research materials for tracing family history and American culture. Contains original page images for all documents, over 25,000 books, the entire U.S. Federal Census, PERSI™, and other expanding collections.
 
HIV InSite
A project of the University of California, San Francisco AIDS Research Institute. Designed as a gateway to in-depth information about particular aspects of HIV/AIDS, it provides numerous links to many authoritative sites.

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iPreach: Bible Reference Tool
Offers an extensive collection of Bible reference tools for pastors, teachers, and students; it includes an extensive collection of commentaries, Bible dictionaries, Biblical translations, devotionals, sermons, and other religious reference materials. 

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Job Openings (NC)
This North Carolina Employment Security Commission (ESC) site contains links to the NC Job Bank, a list of job openings in the state registered with the North Carolina ESC; NC state government jobs; America's Job Bank, a national version of the NC Job Bank; federal government jobs; employer information; and additional job search resources.
 
JSTOR: Language & Literature Collection
The 77 titles in the Language & Literature Collection span the literary cultures of many different countries, and contain articles in several languages, including Arabic, Italian, and German. Developed with the help of the Modern Language Association, this collection includes PMLA and a range of core journals in the diverse fields of literary criticism that have emerged in the last thirty years.

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NC LIVE logoLearning Express Library via Learning Express
Provides an interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help patrons, students, and adult learners succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass. You'll get immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results.
 
Legislative Directory (NC)
Includes links for finding representatives and senators for both the NCGA and the US Congress by county, district, and Zip code. Also includes maps of voter precincts and a history of the current congressional districts.
Library of Sport, Coaching and Physical Education
Provides hundreds of articles on dozens of sports, coaching and physical education topics-ready for instant viewing, and rapid downloading, printing, or emailing. It's the ultimate resource for busy practitioners needing PRACTICAL information, ideas, tips and coaching cues on all aspect of sport.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts via EBSCO
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstract (LISTA) indexes more than 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Coverage in the database extends back as far as the mid-1960s.
 
Literature Resource Center via Gale
The Literature Resource Center is a complete literature reference database designed for both the undergraduate and graduate student as well as the sophisticated casual user. Rich in biographical, bibliographical, and critical content, the Literature Resource Center is the premier Internet resource for information on literary figures from all time periods writing in such genres as fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, journalism, and more.

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NC LIVE logoMAS Ultra - School Edition via EBSCOhost
A comprehensive general reference database designed for high school libraries, featuring full text for more than 700 popular high school magazines. Full text is also available for 84,074 biographies and 86,135 primary source documents
Additionally, MAS Ultra™ contains 518 pamphlets, more than 230 reference books and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps & flags. Also includes the Our States reference book series, a new collection made up of 54 titles on each of the states, commonwealths and territories in the United States.
 
NC LIVE logo MasterFile Premier via EBSCOhost
Full text for 2,005 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more. Also contains full text for 809 reference resources, 84,074 biographies, 86,135 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps & flags.
 
Mayo Clinic Health Oasis
An excellent consumer source of information. Editors of the site include over 1,200 physicians, scientists, writers and educators at the Mayo Clinic, a non-profit institution with more than 100 years of history in patient care, medical research and education. The site is an extension of the Mayo Clinic commitment to provide health education to patients and the general public.
 
Medem
A project of the leading medical societies in the United States. Some of the founding societies include the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. The site was developed to provide "a trusted online source for credible, comprehensive, and clinical healthcare information, and secure, confidential communications." The "Medical Library" is divided into four major categories: Life Stages, Diseases and Conditions, Therapies and Health Strategies, and Health and Society.
 
NC LIVE logoMEDLINEplus
One of the most comprehensive web resources for quality consumer health information. Developed by the National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health, the site contains extensive, high quality information on common diseases and conditions, health promotion and wellness, prescription and non-prescription drugs, medical dictionaries and more. There are also interactive health tutorials and information on clinical trials. A Spanish version is also available at the vendor's site
 
NC LIVE logoMiddle Search Plus via EBSCOhost
Designed to assist middle and junior high school students in learning how to research current events and information on a wide range of general topics. Features full text for 140 popular, middle school magazines and thousands of biographies, historical essays and student pamphlets. Contains primary source documents including Essential Documents in American History. Also contains reference books including the Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia, American Heritage® Dictionary, the Encyclopedia of Animals™, an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags, and the Our States reference book series, a new collection made up of 54 titles on each of the states, commonwealths and territories in the United States.
 
NC LIVE logoMilitary & Government Collection via EBSCOhost
Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and govenmnet, this database offers a thorough collection of military titles, trade publications, and news weeklies. Military & Government Collection includes abstracts and indexing for nearly 500 titles providing cover to cover full text for nearly 400. The database also includes full text for 245 pamphlets.
 
MLA International Bibliography via EBSCOhost
MLA International Bibliography offers a detailed bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations produced by the Modern Language Association (MLA). Tthe electronic version of the bibliography dates back to 1963 and contains over 1.7 million citations from more than 4,400 journals and series, and 1,000 book publishers. The indexed materials coverage is international and includes almost 60 titles from J-STOR's language and literature collection as well as links to full text. Subjects consist of literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory & criticism, and dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing and publishing. Listings on rhetoric and composition and the history, theory and practice of teaching language and literature are also included.
 
NC LIVE logoMorningstar Library Edition via Morningstar
Combines in one timely database all the fund and stock information necessary for in-depth research. In one database, you have comprehensive information on both mutual funds and stocks. And each fund and stock report is loaded with critical data and decisive analysis. Includes:
· 16,000+ mutual funds
· 100+ ETFs
· 6,000+ stocks from NYSE, AMEX, Nasdaq, and OTC exchanges
· 250 screenable fund datapoints
· 450 screenable stock datapoints
· 2,000 Fund Analyst Reports
· 1,400+ Stock Analyst Reports

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National Women's Health Information Center (NWHIC)
A population specialty site for women. It is a relatively new gateway site of health information for consumers, health care professionals, researchers, and educators and is sponsored by the U.S. Public Health Service's Office on Women's Health. It provides access to a variety of women's federal resources in addition to those in the private sector. The stated goal of the site is "to help ensure a healthier future for all American women."
 
NC Department of Agriculture Kid's Page
Includes links to educational activities, such as printable coloring book pages, with an agriculture theme for younger children.
 
NC Health Info
NC Health Info allows people to search for web sites of local health services across the state of North Carolina. Covering topics from Alzheimer's Disease to yoga, NC Health Info serves to connect people to health services (health care providers, support groups, wellness programs, etc.) in their local community. Through integrated links with MedlinePlus, a comprehensive consumer health web site from the National Library of Medicine, users can also access quality, up to date information on over 600 health conditions and diseases as well as wellness topics, drug information, and more. Visitors to NC Health Info may suggest additional health resources to add to the site.
 
NC LIVE logoNC LIVE Media Collection
The NC LIVE Video Collection is a collection of more than 250 high quality documentary and educational video programs produced for the Public Broadcasting Corporation. Chosen by North Carolina librarians for use in supporting education and for general interest, the collection includes programming covering the sciences, US and world history, biography, current events, and the arts, as well as a variety of other subjects. In addition, several educational series for children are included.
 
NC Public Schools Statistical Profile
Selected statistical data from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction on students, personnel and finances. Provides breakdowns by school system and in some appropriate cases by age (grade), race, and gender.
 
NC LIVE logonetLibrary
Provides easy access to the full text of more than 22,000 reference, scholarly, and professional books.
 
NC LIVE logo Newspaper Source via EBSCOhost
Provides selected full text for nearly 30 national (US) and international newspapers (such as USA Today, The Christian Science Monitor, The Washington Post, The Times [of London], The Toronto Star, and others). Also provides selected full text for more than 200 regional US newspapers (such as The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, The Detroit Free Press, The Miami Herald, The New York Daily News, The San Jose Mercury News, and others). Includes full text television & radio news transcripts from CBS News, FOX News, NPR, and other networks.
 
NOAH: New York Online Access to Health
A unique collection of state, local and federal resources selected by editors with consumers in mind. Searchers may select from a list of "Health Topics" which are then narrowed to include definitions, care and treatment, and lists of information resources. Provides information on all topics in both English and Spanish
 
NC LIVE logoNorth American Women's Letters and Diaries via Alexander Street Press
Over 150,000 pages of published letters and diaries plus 4,000 pages of previously unpublished materials depicting the personal experiences of hundreds of women.
 
North Carolina Agricultural Statistics Service
Provides statistical information in table, map, and graph format on farm animals, crops, cash receipts, and weather. Comparisons between North Carolina counties and with agricultural products in other states are available.
 
North Carolina Business License Information
Links to information about services of the Business License Information Office of the North Carolina Secretary of State.
 
North Carolina Community Newspapers
Links to many local NC newspapers
 
North Carolina Curriculum
Included are specific Department of Public Instruction goals and objectives for classroom subjects and grade levels for North Carolina. The look-up service provides a convenient way for teachers, administrators, and parents to verify the instructional objectives of the Standard Course of Study at a given grade by subject area.
 
North Carolina Driver's Manual
Includes the full text of the current Department of Motor Vehicles driver's manual in English and Spanish, pictures of road signs, and the Newcomers Guide to Motoring in North Carolina
 
North Carolina Education Directory
Contains addresses and phone numbers of every North Carolina public, federal or charter school and public school system, all employees of the Department of Public Instruction, contact information for education organizations, associations, North Carolina commissions, and educational material suppliers.
 
North Carolina Encyclopedia
Includes links to information that students of all ages request about the state, its history, people, government, and educational institutions
 
North Carolina Homepage
NC @ Your Service is the NC Government portal, and provides comprehensive and online services for citizens, businesses, and state employees of North Carolina.
 
North Carolina Tax Forms
Includes downloadable versions of current North Carolina individual and corporate income, franchise, sales, and withholding tax forms. Includes current cost and depreciation schedules. Forms may also be ordered on-line.
 
North Carolina Teacher Academy
Links to Internet based resources for K-12 classroom teachers and educational sites recommended for students and parents.
 
NC LIVE logoNoveList via EBSCO NoveList
A readers' advisory service that is searchable by author, title, series name, and plot (including character, topic, time period, and setting) to retrieve descriptions, reviews, discussion guides, and feature articles related to books of interest. Readers may select from information provided to find similar books that appeal to them. Updated and expanded monthly, the service also includes author read-alikes, lists of award-winning fiction, and book lists arranged by genre and subgenre, feature articles, school content and more.
 

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Oncolink: A University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center Resource
Provides information solely on the various forms of cancer. The site may be searched a number of ways and includes disease oriented menus, medical specialty oriented menus, cancer causes, screening and prevention, clinical trials, and global resources for cancer information

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NC LIVE logoPrimary Search (Children's Magazines) via EBSCOhost
Designed specifically for elementary school libraries. Features full text for more than 60 popular elementary school magazines; all full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexile). Full text also available for over 100 student pamphlets. Includes the Encyclopedia of Animals™ and Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia. Also includes the American Heritage® Children’s Dictionary and an Image Collection.
 
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
Search all dissertations in Dissertation Abstracts Subset A (Humanities and Social Sciences) plus all dissertations with a degree date of 2006 or 2007. Titles published since 1997 are available in PDF digital format and have 24 page previews available.

 
NC LIVE logoProQuest Newspapers via ProQuest Company
Includes all of North Carolina Newsstand (see above) plus many full text articles from Christian Science Monitor (1988 to present), Los Angeles Times (1988 to present), New York Times (1999 to present), Wall Street Journal (1984 to present), and The Washington Post (1996 to present).
 
PsycARTICLES via EBSCOhost
PsycARTICLES is a definitive source of searchable full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology. The PsycARTICLES database covers general psychology and specialized, basic, applied, clinical and theoretical research. The database contains more than 40,000 articles from 53 journals - 45 published by the American Psychological Association (APA) and 8 from allied organizations. It includes all journal articles, letters to the editor and errata from each journal. Coverage spans 1985 to present.
 
PsycCRITIQUES via EBSCOhost
PsycCRITIQUES has book reviews featuring full text reviews of current scholarly and professional books in psychology. Also publishes reviews from a psychological perspective of popular films and trade books. In each weekly release, PsycCRITIQUES delivers approximately 20 reviews of psychological books, most from the current copyright year.Includes a searchable backfile of more than 5,400 reviews dating back to 1995.
 
NC LIVE logoPsycINFO (Psychology) via EBSCOhost
This database from the APA (American Psychological Association) covers psychology and related disciplines (such as medicine, nursing, education, sociology, business, law and more). In some cases, information dates back as far as 1887. Indexes over 1300 journals. Also includes books, portions of books and dissertations. All abstracts, no full text.
 
PubMed
A service of the National Library of Medicine, PubMed provides access to over 11 million citations from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.

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Regional Accounts Data - Local Area Personal Income
Provided by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Dept. of Commerce. Personal income and population summary estimates; detailed county annual tables of income and employment; and wage and salary summary estimates. For North Carolina-specific information, select "North Carolina" from the list of states. County-level information will be displayed once you select the state.
 
NC LIVE logoReferenceUSA via infoUSA
Searchable database with detailed information, including addresses and phone numbers, on more than 12 million U.S. businesses, 102 million U.S. residents, 683,000 U.S. health care providers, and 95,000 Technology Companies and 280,000 Executives Databases.
 
NC LIVE logoRegional Business News via EBSCOhost
Regional Business News provides comprehensive full text for regional business publications (including titles from Crain Communications). Features full text for more than 50 sources with 67 periodicals indexed and abstracted.

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NC LIVE logoSanborn Maps North Carolina via Sanborn Maps North Carolina
Sanborn Maps for the state of North Carolina provides digital access to 11,173 large-scale maps of 158 North Carolina towns and cities. Users have the ability to easily manipulate the maps, magnify and zoom in on specific sections, and compare maps from different years.
 
NC LIVE logoSearchasaurus via EBSCOhost
Colorful and fun graphical search interface intended for elementary and middle school students. EBSCO databases searchable through this interface are: American Heritage Children's Dictionary, Encyclopedia of Animals, Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, Image Collections, Middle Search Plus, and Primary Search.
 
NC LIVE logoSerials Directory via EBSCOhost
Provides up-to-date and accurate bibliographic information as well as current pricing structures for popular serials. Contains nearly 184,000 U.S. and international titles, including newspapers; historical data for an additional 20,000 titles; data from nearly 83,500 publishers worldwide, including e-mail and Internet addresses. Includes Library of Congress and Dewey Decimal Classifications for every entry.
 
NC LIVE logoSpanish Reference Center via Britannica
This site offers resources in Spanish for all ages in two unique interfaces, each with its own comprehensive encyclopedia: Gran Enciclopedia Planeta for high school ages and up and Enciclopedia Juvenil for ages 6-12.
 
Start Squad
Start Squad is an excellent resource for anyone seeking quality web sites for kids. Sites were selected and organized by professionally trained librarians. Start Squad is made possible by a partnership of the State Library of North Carolina and the North Carolina Library Association (NCLA).
 
State Center For Health Statistics
SCHS is responsible for data collection and research, production of reports, and maintenance of a comprehensive collection of health statistics. They have published a wide variety of reports in the past and are in the process of adding them to their Web site. Currently included are several compilations of mortality statistics (including one devoted to cancer), the "North Carolina Pocket Guide" of health statistics, "Vital Facts about Life in North Carolina", and a start toward providing pregnancy and birth statistics.
 
State Data Center
The North Carolina State Data Center (SDC) is a consortium of state and local agencies that provides information and data about the State and its component geographic areas. The site includes population, economic, and income data as well as county profiles and rankings. Recently a public health section was added which includes a link to the North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics. There is also a link to the North Carolina Statistical Register.
 
State Demographics
The State Demographics unit provides state, county, and municipal population estimates and projections by year, age, race, and sex. The annual estimates of the population of North Carolina counties and municipalities are used in the distribution of state shared revenues to local governments. County and state population projections, available by age, race (white/other) and sex, are used for long range planning.
 
State of North Carolina Kid's Page
Provides links designed for kids to learn more about North Carolina.

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Teaching Positions in North Carolina
This page contains links to all the information needed to apply for a job in North Carolina's improving public schools, including information about licensure, national board certification, application forms, and local job fairs.
 
The Division of Public Health of the NC Dept. of Health and Human Services
Provides a site covering a wide range of programs and services, all aimed toward protecting and improving the health of the people who live and work in North Carolina. Includes information such as fish consumption advisories, ozone levels, pfisteria health precautions, links to local health departments, how to get birth certificates, etc.
 
NC LIVE logoTwentieth Century African-American Poetry via Chadwyck-Healey
A collection of poetry written by the most important and influential African American poets of the twentieth century. Presently includes over 6,000 poems from over 100 complete editions by 46 poets.
 
NC LIVE logoTwentieth Century American Poetry via Chadwyck-Healey
A database of modern and contemporary American poetry from the early twentieth century to the present. Presently includes 36,000 poems drawn from 460 volumes by 217 poets.
 
NC LIVE logoTwentieth Century English Poetry via Chadwyck-Healey
Containing tens of thousands of works by 288 poets, Twentieth-Century English Poetry provides an overview of poetry written in the 20th century by both established and emerging writers.

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NC LIVE logoWorld Data Analyst via Britannica
A collection of current and past statistics on the countries of the world that allows for historical and cross-national comparisons.
 
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Union catalog of materials held in libraries world-wide.